Contrasting regional and national mechanisms for predicting elevated arsenic in private wells across the United States using classification and regression trees

Water Research

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 295-304

  Frederick, Logan ^a   VanDerslice, James ^b   Taddie, Marissa ^b   Malecki, Kristen ^c   Gregg, Josh ^b   Faust, Nicholas ^b   Johnson, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Classification and regression trees; Groundwater chemistry; Mechanism; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION TREES; COVARIATES; EASTERN REGIONS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; PRIVATE WELLS; REGRESSION TREES; WESTERN REGION;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE; WELL WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; CLASSIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOBILIZATION; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; COASTAL PLAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

IDAHO; MISSOURI; OSAGE COUNTY [MISSOURI]; PAYETTE COUNTY; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84960426473     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.01.023     Document Type: Article

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